Topic: What did you do to your bike today ?

[Stev-o]

Wow, Evan's mother in law rides a Harley 

We have got to see a pic of this!

[evanphi]

Wow, Evan's mother in law rides a Harley 

We have got to see a pic of this!

Here ya go! And my mistake, the water bottle holder is attached to her horn!

[joeyvans]

That's one bad ass chick right there! I'm guessing her water doesn't stay cold for very long.


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[evanphi]

That's one bad ass chick right there! I'm guessing her water doesn't stay cold for very long.


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It's insulated, just like Terry's!

[CycleRanger]

   Picked up a new machine Saturday to add to my "Big Dawg" collection.  Its a 1999 Suzuki Bandit 1200S.  Now lets see if I can find a good FJ1100/1200 next that still has all its gears in the tranny

Nice! I like the color.

[Stev-o]

That's one bad ass chick right there!

+1  Very cool...

[theslayedsaint]

I'm rebuilding a cb750f and while pull the fork seals off (No I wasn't being rough) the tope snapped off!!! WTF thought i share a photo.... now I start looking for one fork....

[Stev-o]

I'm rebuilding a cb750f and while pull the fork seals off (No I wasn't being rough) the tope snapped off!!! WTF thought i share a photo.... now I start looking for one fork....

What is that tool you used? A bottle opener?!

[theslayedsaint]

AHAHAH i should have known... no that tool is for pulling the nut off the triple tree or for the rear shocks. it just was in the photo it wasn't in use.

[Terry in Australia]

That's a sweet adjustable C spanner mate, where'd you get that? Hey if the damage to your forks is above the seal, just pop in a new deal, glue the broken piece back in, and replace the dust cap and worry about replacing your slider next time.....

[ekpent]

Heat those old seals up with a heat gun first and some penetrating oil to make them come out easier.

[WhyNot2]

^^^^^^^^^^what ekpent said^^^^^^^^^^^

Trust me I know................................................!!

And no pics.....................so don't ask................!!!

[theslayedsaint]

I would agree with you guys about a heat gun and next time i'll do it but... i'm not sure that would have mattered this was a barn find with lots of rust and bee hives, and i think blowing to hard would have maybe broke it haha. i think i found a replacement for kinda cheap.

[PeWe]

Got my bike running and passed the vehicle inspection. Day after I noticed that left front caliper was leaking. I cheaped out when ordering parts. I was thinking about the std caliper piston when order a complete right brake doing dual. "The pistons did not leak last year"

I replaced the o-ring and found rust pits on caliper. Removed that with nail and 1000 grit paper.  Leak arrived shortly.

I was lucky to find a NOS brake piston in stock (last one) + seat pad + seal where I bought my bike 1979, 90km from home. Mounted it and now hopefully OK!!

Strange.... bleeding the front brakes still no problems, easy and quickly done when gravitation will do most of the work. This time with dual front calipers. 0.5m hose on bleeder screw that is open, no need of pumping, closing, pumping....... Just open it and let it bleed, slowly press the brake lever. Air bubbles out from the hose soon with fluid only, not letting air in. Refill MC with fluid during the process. Cover tank and other painted areas with a clocth or old clean sheet.

I've read many threads about bleed problems....

[BomberMann650]

little piggy stayed home.

[strynboen]

made some mods on a 500t gas tap..must have used the  400 tap..vhen i rebuild the 500..and got the vrong one inn..
have to blend the nippel..and drill and machine a nev flange for a nev auttake

[strynboen]

then syncro make the bottom thain saundless..the cam thain..did no thange..evcen i teighten it hard..so let it go back to be light teight..and locked the shaft..so a new primær/sek thain is the NeXT job..but for nov it runs fine..

[Terry in Australia]

made some mods on a 500t gas tap..must have used the  400 tap..vhen i rebuild the 500..and got the vrong one inn..
have to blend the nippel..and drill and machine a nev flange for a nev auttake

Beautiful work Strybey, isn't it great fun having cool machines to make useful mods? I went for a ride with 6 other FJR1300 riders yesterday, had a great ride (400 Km's) riding with guys my age (all in their 50's) who still love to ride fast, so saw 220 KPH at one stage, and wore the flat band out of the middle of my rear tyre scraping my boots around corners.

I was talking to one of the guys about some Chinese "adjustable footpegs" I bought for mine and he told me that he had a set, but they didn't fit, so I mentioned that I've got a lathe and a mill in my garage, and there's not much I can't make fit my bike. Cheers, Terry.  

[70CB750]

Rode to work, 3C this morning, would you believe it?  May in Virginia and it is almost freezing.

[88blkiroc]

I've been looking for  new rear wheel to replace the bent one on my K4. I stumbled on an add for a parts bike on craigslist saturday morning during my normal weekly browsing. Ended up getting a mostly complete 74 parts bike plus a spare engine and three totes of parts for $250 So now I have my wheels and a few spares I needed and can sell the rest off and make enough to buy new tires too. Not a bad deal at all.

[70CB750]

^^^Score!

Or you can build another motorcycle, that happened to me 

[88blkiroc]

No title and its missing a few pieces necessary to make it a runner. Made sure of that on purpose otherwise I knew I couldn't trust myself not to try and fix it up.

[strynboen]

put a low handel on the 400..

[MoMo]

^^^very nice 400.  What year Euro version?...Larry

[strynboen]

think the first year( 76)..have foodpegs at the svingarm..and all the erly stuff....but the euro modells is basis the same all years..ve dont have that flip cap fuel tank..on any modell.(in denmark).so paint job is the biggest thanges over the years..
it have a 550 headlight and some thomaselli parts..slovly,, build it back to stock..
have gone 85,000 km..and the engine vas leaking/ damping bad..but have thanged piston cylender and head..from a better engine..
but still need the bottom to be done (thains and plain bearings)..but nov the under(blow dovn) kompresion and oil spill is under kontroll..have no blow from the breather..at all..before it maked a konstant damp..
400 in denmark is generall in bad shape..gone a lot of km..rust and korosion take on the frames and fenders..elektric is total broken Down..viring is full of green korosion..so it take years to rebuild a Danish bike..i use to make them in  more step..first get it running..and inspectet..then get the engine in good order..then break it Down..and get it paintet..and then bay the expensive stuff like exhosts and fenders rim and spokes..